17 Celebrity Couples Who Are So Private No One Knew They Were Dating At First

And yet, it totally worked. Though it was common knowledge that the couple was item, no one knew how serious they were. Case in point: they didn’t tell anyone they were having a baby together until Mendes was eight months pregnant!

The Dark Knight Rises actor is notoriously private about his love life and kept quiet about his very serious girlfriend for years…

Until she became his wife, of course. Gordon-Levitt quietly wed tech genius McCauley in late 2014.

The Into the Woods actress doesn’t share much about her love life with this sitcom star.

Though these two are major celebrities — and are, as evidenced from the photo above, so cute together — they definitely don’t gush about their love life for the cameras.

The Fountain star must be taking her secrecy from her husband’s iconic character.

Craig and Weisz, who had a small wedding ceremony in 2011, are just as stealthy as James Bond — at least, when it comes to keeping their relationship on the down low.

Much like her Scandal character Olivia Pope, Washington can keep a secret.

Like, say, her relationship with NFL player Asomugha. They married in 2013 in Idaho.

Clooney might be the trophy husband in this scenario.

Though the lawyer and activist met her now-husband in Italy, they didn’t go public with their romantic relationship until much later — when the press found the couple, they simply said they were discussing a satellite program over Syria. And, you know, their love.

Just because the tabloids were OBSESSED with this couple doesn’t mean that they were obsessed with talking about one another.

Obviously the Twilight co-stars were always in the press, but the couple rarely discussed their relationship for the cameras.

Portman and her hubby keep their relationship out of the spotlight — and the United States.

The Black Swan choreographer and his actress wife now life in Paris, where the paparazzi is less aggressive.

Though this couple is always in the press, they rarely discuss their relationship publicly.

The “Mirrors” singer wed the former 7th Heaven actress in 2012, but, when it comes to the nuances of their relationship, the couple prefers to keep that stuff just between them. It seems to be working — they have a baby on the way!

The Gone Girl star and his actress wife avoid spending too much time together in front of the cameras.

Garner admitted that she doesn’t want to be known only as the “wife of” Ben Affleck, which is why she makes a point to walk the red carpet solo on occasion.

You might not recognize the name of Mr. Meryl Streep right away.

The Oscar winner has been married to sculptor Gummer since 1978, and the couple have four children together. Though they support one another’s passions, they don’t chat about their relationship for the cameras.

The Girls actress told Glamour that she “doesn’t like to talk” about her new fiancee.

Williams believes that certain things — like her relationship — should be kept private, because so little gets to be “just yours” when you work in the spotlight.

The Fantastic Four actress doesn’t like to chat about her relationship for the cameras.

Alba has been married to her producer hubby for seven years, and has said that their secret to a happy marriage is “communicating” with one another — the key term being “one another” and not “the press” for the typically private couple.

The Pretty Woman actress keeps her relationship to her behind-the-scenes hubby quiet.

Though the couple met on a movie set, they’ve kept their 13-year-long marriage a private matter.

It was a major shock when Morgan had a baby with this CW actress.

The One Tree Hill star announced that she was pregnant with the former Grey’s Anatomy’s star's child in 2010, but, at the time, hardly anyone knew that they were actually together — the couple stayed out of the spotlight for months.

The most powerful couple in music is also one of the most private.

These stars stay mum on their relationship, and have since the early days — they refused to acknowledge their relationship publicly for years, even though Jay Z later admitted that they had been dating since the early ’00s.

The former That’s So Raven star likes to keep her private life just that.

Though the actress admits that she’s in a “happy” relationship, she doesn’t want to confirm that it’s with her rumored longtime girlfriend Livingston.